Europeans Stocks Climb
In Line With U.S. Markets

A Wall Street Journal Online News Roundup

Updated Nov. 1, 2001 3:53 p.m. ET

European stocks rebounded to finish higher Thursday following a rally in U.S. markets paced by gains for software giant Microsoft. The advance came despite another round of dismal U.S. economic readings.

Microsoft reached a tentative antitrust settlement with the government that would require virtually no changes in the design of its Windows software and would leave the company's market power largely undiminished, according to lawyers...